Stone Soup

I would consider our first attempt at making soup a success!   A couple of weeks ago, I read the book, Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth to the students. This is a Chinese folktale about three monks who teach a village a lesson about sharing and happiness. The monks trick the villagers into each […]

Year of the Rooster

One of our fantastic teachers, Lori Rice, lived in China for a while. So who better to give the children a lesson about the Chinese New Year? Because this year is the Year of the Rooster, the related art lesson was painting a rooster using a fork to make the texture of the feathers. 

Not Just Playing Around

Why should schools incorporate drama into their curriculum? Obviously plays are fun, and (most) kids enjoy doing them. However, there is much to be learned from these mini-productions. This year, we continued our tradition of putting on a winter performance for our parents and added a performance for the preschool students at the Presbyterian Church. […]

Old Salem

Our field trip to Old Salem in November was so much fun! The students learned about history and spent time in the gardens.          While at Old Salem, one of the farmers pulled a salsify root and explained to the kids that it is also known as the oyster plant because of its oyster-like […]

Civil War Reenactment

Below are some photos from our field trip to the birthplace of Major General J.E.B. Stuart, CSA to watch the Civil War Reenactment.

Learning through the 5 senses

On Friday, October 21st, the students set out into the woods to learn about trees through their five senses. It was the perfect day as it was the first day this year that it has actually felt like fall. The air was crisp, the leaves were beautiful, and I was so excited that a couple […]

Journaling for Kids

  Journaling is a great activity for kids of all ages. Kindergartners can enjoy doodling, practicing letters or pasting in pictures. Older kids can choose to do an art journal, a writing journal or a mixture of both. This is a way for kids to get their creative thoughts onto paper. On our JOURNALS FOR […]

Try it. You might like it.

This year, we are starting something new. It’s called “New Food Friday”. The idea is that, each Friday, someone (a parent, student, volunteer or teacher) will bring in a food for everyone to try. It will be something that most of the students probably have not tried before. This should be a really fun addition to […]

We Learned A Lot About Our Team

Saturday was the BIG day…the NC Science Olympiad. Families from our little school-that-could departed for Lenoir Rhyne University at 6:30 a.m.  This was our first year competing. We had told ourselves for months that we were just doing it for the experience and that, if nothing else, we would learn a lot. We were by […]

Taking Control of their Education

Setting goals…we all do it to some degree, right? We set short term goals like folding the laundry before we go to bed or going for a run every morning or finishing that book we started. We set long term goals for our careers or our families. But how did we learn to do that […]